Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove

NILE RODGERS

Coming in between Chic and the Power Station, Good Groove lives up to its title with a sound that's both funkier and leaner than either of those two. Regular mates Tony Thompson and Bernard Edwards are on hand to fatten the beat up, but in the end this LP is a showcase for Rodgers' ultra-slinky rhythm guitar work. This is one of those underheralded dancefloor gems of the '80s.

This article appears in May 3-9, 2006.

Eric Snider is the dean of Bay area music critics. He started in the early 1980s as one of the founding members of Music magazine, a free bi-monthly. He was the pop music critic for the then-St. Petersburg...